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Pequot Library Hosts 53rd Book Sale In Fairfield

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - For more than 50 years, the Pequot Library has drawn hundreds of people to Fairfield for its five-day-long book sale.

Whole tents are filled with books, tables and people during the Pequot Library Summer Book Sale in Fairfield.

Whole tents are filled with books, tables and people during the Pequot Library Summer Book Sale in Fairfield.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Pequot Library Facebook Page

More than 140,000 books,CDs, DVDs and more will be available for purchase at the sale, which has been widely proclaimed as "The Best Book Sale In New England." There is no cost to attend the book sale, and all sale proceeds go to benefit the library.

Books in more than 40 different categories will be available for browsing -- from fiction and fantasy to biography and gardening. A collection of DVDs, VHS and CDs will also be on sale along with sheet music and art prints. 

Rare and collectible “specials” for sale will be separated from the rest of the collection in one room inside the library. And the complete inventory of special books is available on the website one day before the sale begins.

The book sale will be open from Friday, July 26, through Tuesday, July 30. The hours and pricing schedules are: 

  • Friday, July 26: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Double the marked price
  • Saturday, July 27: 9 a.m.  to 5:30 p.m. - Priced as marked
  • Sunday, July 28: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Priced as marked
  • Monday, July 29: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Half the marked price
  • Tuesday, July 30: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - $5 per bag day

Food and drinks will also be available for purchase.

The library asks customers to remember that although scanners and other wireless devices are welcome in sales areas, stockpiling and "clearing" is not permitted.

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